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wendi murdoch comes to her husband's rescue. she spiked his face. >> pretty incredible. ♪ and use pre-defined screeners to work smarter. not harder. i depend on myself to take charge of my financial future. [ bell dinging ] the motorola expert from sprint. its powerful tools help you work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it lets you access business forms on the go, fire off e-mails with the qwerty keypad, and work securely around the world so...
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some of the executives blamed, are saying, hey, we told james murdoch, james murdoch didn't understand why they paid people off, he was new at the job, he agreed to go along with it. the legal manager and the former editor of the "news of the world," two very senior executives at news international have issued aut!ñ statement say that's not true, we actually briefed him in detail on, he knew exactly what was happening. it's not clear if that's the sort of start or trend and people are concerned and say the murdochs got it all wrong and they were lying basically to parliament, then they're in big trouble. >> with all you know and your experience, you working in the community, do the murdoch statements align with what you've heard about rupert murdoch as far as being a hands-on owner? >> well, when i worked for the british papers, murdoch was very hands on. to be fair to him, his story about him taking a less in an interest in recent years, it's true, i think. he did put his son in charge over there, and i think he spends a lot less time day to day with the newspapers than he used to do
some of the executives blamed, are saying, hey, we told james murdoch, james murdoch didn't understand why they paid people off, he was new at the job, he agreed to go along with it. the legal manager and the former editor of the "news of the world," two very senior executives at news international have issued aut!ñ statement say that's not true, we actually briefed him in detail on, he knew exactly what was happening. it's not clear if that's the sort of start or trend and people...
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the murdoch story is 45 pages behind that. what did you learn today, john? >> i learned it is possible you guys were out last night to the meadowlands until 1:30 in the morning and you come here in the morning. >> the boss was there. >> bruce springsteen didn't come out but bono sang "the promised land." >> the shuttle era comes to a
the murdoch story is 45 pages behind that. what did you learn today, john? >> i learned it is possible you guys were out last night to the meadowlands until 1:30 in the morning and you come here in the morning. >> the boss was there. >> bruce springsteen didn't come out but bono sang "the promised land." >> the shuttle era comes to a
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. >> you hear all of the talk in the press about the murdoches, the murdoches, the murdoches. they don't run the company by themselves. there is a board. and at some point, they're going to tell the murdochs this type of dynasty did not work in egypt. it's not going to work in news corp. you're going to have to step down. and i suspect that you're going to see -- i agree with pat. i don't see how the murdoch family survives this. i don't see how the sons take over the empire. this keeps exploding oochlgt. >> -- exploding. >> a couple of things, the brand has been damaged irreparably already, whatever comes across the states here and the department of education continues, whatever, their brand has been damaged irreparably. the second thing is the independent directors of this country may have great affection for rupert murdoch and maybe even his family, his son and daughter who are in the line of succession. but there's a thing called market cap. when you're losing a quarter of your market capitalization in a few weeks because of this, the independent directors of this company
. >> you hear all of the talk in the press about the murdoches, the murdoches, the murdoches. they don't run the company by themselves. there is a board. and at some point, they're going to tell the murdochs this type of dynasty did not work in egypt. it's not going to work in news corp. you're going to have to step down. and i suspect that you're going to see -- i agree with pat. i don't see how the murdoch family survives this. i don't see how the sons take over the empire. this keeps...
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one, an apology directly from murdoch. the second, a list of what news corp will do to make it right and an admission. "apologizing for our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps," the statement reads. "it may take some time for us to rebuild trust." >> that was stephanie gorvsk reporting. we want to get a check on business before the bell i know back's melissa frances, who is live at the new york stock exchange today. melissa, let's get a sense of how news corp has been asked by this already. the stock slump continues despite last week's share buyback. so what does this mean for american holdings, for u.s. holdings? >> yeah, we're watching the stock get hammered again this morning. it was hammered over the weekend on all of this breaking news. and rupert murdoch issued a $5 billion stock buyback last week. this is something he hates. he absolutely hates parting with money, but he had no choice. and shareholders really liked the buyback. he's got more than $11 billion in cash on hand at the company. they generate ab
one, an apology directly from murdoch. the second, a list of what news corp will do to make it right and an admission. "apologizing for our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps," the statement reads. "it may take some time for us to rebuild trust." >> that was stephanie gorvsk reporting. we want to get a check on business before the bell i know back's melissa frances, who is live at the new york stock exchange today. melissa, let's get a sense of how news corp...
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rupert murdoch surnd pressure from investors as well. companies like ford motor company have pulled some advertising from that paper. >>> let's get a check on business before the bell with simon hobbs. he's live at the new york stock exchange. simon, quite a story in great britain. >> it's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal. the one thing i would add, just bear in mind because of the structure of british society, rupert murdoch's papers actually are said to win general elexsc n elections. prime minister after prime minister have kept themselves very close to rupert murdoch. blair would fly over to australia to turn up at his editors meetings. murdoch has gotten away with a lot more arguably in the uk because of that political reality, willie. it's really worth bearing that in mind. burdock is everybody's friend there, despite what they say in public. >> i guess the share prices of news corp went down 3.5% yesterday on this news. >> although they were very powerful and still are very powerful, it's still a small profit center. the fox busi
rupert murdoch surnd pressure from investors as well. companies like ford motor company have pulled some advertising from that paper. >>> let's get a check on business before the bell with simon hobbs. he's live at the new york stock exchange. simon, quite a story in great britain. >> it's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal. the one thing i would add, just bear in mind because of the structure of british society, rupert murdoch's papers actually are said to win general elexsc n...
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at age 80, murdoch's reputation has been shaken. >> the reports that this is the end of murdoch or the death of murdoch in a business sense are are probably overstated, but it does give one pause to see a scandal of this proportion really spiral out of control. >> reporter: hacking the phones of celebrities and politicians was one thing, but harvesting the grieving voice mails of ordinary people dealing with tragedy triggered an explosion of revulsion that could not be contained. >> that was nbc's mike taibbi reporting. police also say the paper's editor in chief andy coal son has been arrested. he's also the former communications chief for david cameron who has announced a public inquirely and called for new regulation of the press. >>> up next, michele bachmann admits she doesn't know much about lady gaga, but you might be surprised which gop candidate does. we'll be right back. ka. >>> i have a question for you guys. >> already. >> are you ready? >> what's your favorite lady gaga song? >> in tiers of the beat, i like "bad romance." i've got to say even though she's a little unusual,
at age 80, murdoch's reputation has been shaken. >> the reports that this is the end of murdoch or the death of murdoch in a business sense are are probably overstated, but it does give one pause to see a scandal of this proportion really spiral out of control. >> reporter: hacking the phones of celebrities and politicians was one thing, but harvesting the grieving voice mails of ordinary people dealing with tragedy triggered an explosion of revulsion that could not be contained....